Pedal cover



March 19', 1029.l M `M SWMN 1,706,003

PEDAL COVER Filed July 6, 1926 Patented Mar. 19, 1929.

MACK M. SWAIN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNA.

PEDAL COVER.

Application filed July 6,

Thisinvention relates to improvements in covers for accelerator pedals and the like.

The primary objectV of this invention is the provision of an improved cover for accelerator pedals of any approved type, but preferably for the type of accelerator pedal set forth in my copending application, Serial No. 94,495, filed March 13, 1926, and characterized by novel constructional features which will permit of its facile attachment and detachment with respect to the accelera-tor pedal, and so that adults and children having various lengthed shoes may accommodate their feet to the pedal cover.

Other objects and advantages of the invenv tion will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description.

In .the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and wherein similar reference characters designate correspending parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view taken thru the improved accelerator pedal cover showing the application of the same upon anaccelerator pedal.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the improved yieldable pad or cover showing the same detachably affixed to the top plate of the accelerator construction of the type set forth in my co-pending application above referred to. n

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional viewy taken through the cover showing the details as illustrated in Figure 1, but with the ilexible foot contact pad or cover raised at the forward end thereof to show'the easeof attachment and detachment of the cover or pad with respect to the vfoot plate of the pedal construc tion.

Figure 4 is a. transverse sectional view Y taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 5, thru the resilient cover or pad.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the top side of the improved cover or pad.

VFigure 6 is a perspective'view of the improved cover or pad from the Vbottom side or surface thereof.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown only a preferred embodiment of the invention, the letter A may generally designate the improved pad or cover, Awhich is adapted to be detachably assembled upon the foot rest plate B of any approved type of accelerator pedal.

As to the foot plate B, the saine in the in- `stance illustrated is preferably of the rigid 1926. Serial No. 120,828.

metal type, elongated in character, and of preferably uniform width throughout the major length thereof, but preferably rounded at the rear edge 10 thereof as illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 2 of the drawing, and at the front end thereof the same is tapered by converging side edges 11 and 12 to a blunt straight edge 13 arranged preferably at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the body 14 of the plate. On the lower surface thereof the plate B is preferably'provided with apertured lugs 16 to secure the attachment of the same upon other operating details of the accelerator pedal, not forming a part of this invention, but described in my co-pending application above referred to. The plate B from end to end is of uniform thickness, with the exception of the lugs 16. Referring to the pad, mat, or cover A, the same is adapted for detachable assemblage upon the plate B, and is formed of some ilexible or resilient material, such as rubber. It is moulded to form, and all parts thereof are preferably integral but may be made separable if found practical. In the preferred construction thereof the same includes a relatively thick elongated body portion 20, which is in substantially the form of a sole and heel of a foot of a person, and at the lower surface thereof the same 'is provided with the thickened side marginal portions 21 and 22, and the rear thickened portion 23 about the rear .margin The thickened portions 21, 22 and 23 are contiguous and extend below the lower surface 24 of the body 20 of the foot pad or cover, and the said thickened portions 21 and 22 terminate short of the front portion of the pad body 20, at a distance approximately onethird the total length of the cover A. Along these margin thickened portions 21, 22 and 23 are provided the reduced flanges 27, 28 and 29, which are respectively integrally connected Vwith the thickened portions 21, 22 and 23, and

face inwardly over the surface 24 of the body 2O in a spaced relation therewith, to provide a substantially U-shaped groove 30 in which the marginal portions of the foot plate B may be received. These loverhanging flanges 27 and 28, it may be noted, are preferably of uniform overhang along the cover sides, but at the base or rear end of the pad A the flange 29 overhangs for a greater distance so that the rear end of the plate 14 of the accelerator pedal extends into the socket provided by this overhang flange 29 a greater distance than the side margins of the plate 14 extends into approximately in the vicinity o f the forward v pair of lugs 16, and thus about one-third of the length of the cover A is not provided with any flanges or guide grooves for receiving the foot. plate 14, so that the toe portion 35 of the resilient or flexible mat or cover A may.- be

lifted upwardly from the front end of the plate 14, as is illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawings in full lines. The retaininglug 37, preferably solid, is formed on thefbottom surface of the toe portion 35 of the mat or cov.- er'A, and adapted for abutment against the straight edge 13 of the front of the plate 14, to prevent the sliding of the mat A rearwardly,

when the plate B is received in the grooves` provided bytheoverhanging flanges 27, 28 and29. The U-shaped grooves provided by these overhanging flanges in lieu ofthe for mation above described, may be termed a pocket, since it is entirely practical to provide a pocket in the rear end of the cover or mat A into which the rear end of a foot plate may be slipped, so that theL front end of the cover is unobstructed bythe pocket and the foot plate may extend therefrom to permit the lifting of the front end of the cover plate much in the same manner as illustrated in the drawing, to enable the facile attachment and detachmentof the rubber or flexible' cover:

plate with respect to the rigid plate 14.

It should be noted that the block or lug 37l is preferably soild and is provided with av rearwardly facing straight edge 40, which isv not obstructed by anyoverhanging pockets andwhichreceives the straight edge in a:

'short distance rearwardly towards the rearl ofthe cover A, the body 20 is not provided with the retaining flanges and this is the feature which enablesthe upward lift of the toe portion 35 to permit the detachment or proper attachment of the cover A upon Vthe yplate B, as is quite obvious.

The'top surface of the body 2O is formed in a novel manner. Itincludesea heel portion '45 adapted-to receive the heel of the shoes of persons having large feet, and which heel portion. 45 may bev serrated o'r crossgrained'in any approvedrelation. At the front of the heel portion 45v a transverse retaining strip or rib 46 is provided, transversely across the body 20, and immediately forward of this strip or rib 46 isif-ormed a heel socket.47, adapted to receiveV the heels of small sized shoes, or the heels of children or persons having smallrfeet. Forwardly of the heel socket 47, the upper surface of the pad orv body 20 of the cover A may be suitably formedin the shape of a sole and may be serrated.atp48Y-ifdesired to prevent the slipping of the foot thereon. The forward facing surface of the transverserib 46A may be arcuated at 49 to facilitatethe proper sliding of the heelcofthe-personwith smallfeet thereover,

From the; foregoing description of this in# vention itvis apparent that anovel type of accelerator pedal cover or mat has been provided, which may be moulded in an integral construction to enable the facile attachment or detachment with `respect to the accelerator pedal, andwhich is so vdesigned asto receive the feetjofpersons having long or short feet, in an entirely stable and efficient relation, especially when takinginto consideration the construction of the accelerator pedal set forth in my eo-pending application above referred to.

Variouschanges in the shape, size, and arrangement ofparts may be made to the form of invention herein shown and described,`

without depart-ing from the spirit of the same or the scope of the claims.

I' claim: Y

1. As an article of Vmanufacture a resilient foot rest pad for accelerator units substantially conforming tothe shape of the bottom of a shoe and the top surface including a heel portionV forwardly ofi which is formed a transverse upwardly projecting rib, the mem'- ber forwardlyof said rib having aheel receiving socket therein at the opposite side of the -rib from said'heel portion above mentioned. Y.

2. As an article of manufacture a moulded rubber cover pad yfor acceleratoripedals' comprising an elongated body including a front toc portion, arear heel portionV and an inter mediate portion, the intermediate portion and heel portion on the lower surface of the body being provided with overhanging retaining-flanges providing aV substantially U- shaped groove'andthefftoe portion'on the lower surface thereof beingunobstructed by such flanges butv having a depending button lug extendingdownwardly therefrom along the longitudinal axis of the body, the upper surface of the body at the juncture of the rear heel portion and intermediate portion of the body-having vanupwardly extending Y transverse retainingl rib and the intermediate portion inwardly of the top surface thereofl vforwardly of said rib having a-depending heel receiving Socket therein.

3. As an'article of manufacture a flexibleV pedal cover-adaptedv to be applied yto accelerator pedals and the like comprising a fiexible body portion having the lower surface thereof provided with a peripheral flange projecting beyond the plane of said lower surface for a portion only of the periphery, said flange having a transverse fla-nge thereon overhanging in spaced relation the lower surface oi' the body to provide a pocket, one end of the body having the lower Surface entirely tree of the flanges above mentioned,

and said lower surface at said last mentioned end of the body having a small narrow dependent look lug thereon adapted to engage an edge of a pedal plate in a non-overhanging relation whereby the said end of the body may be lifted and iiexed without gripping engagement on the pedal plate, to permit the plate to slide from the pocket of the body. MACK M. SWAIN. 

